A 64-year old man, Fatai Omopariola, was on Tuesday appeared before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court for alleged stealing and obtaining money by false pretences. The prosecutor, Insp Chekwube Okeh, told the court that Omopariola, who resides at Mushin, Lagos State,…
A 42-year-old businesswoman, Fatima Olawuyi, on Tuesday appeared before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing N2.3 million from her employer. The defendant, who resides at No. 9, Ekundayo Sanusi St., Oko Oba, Agege, Lagos State, however, pleaded not…
A 40-year-old man Usman A. Usman was arraigned on Tuesday, at a Kaduna High Court, for allegedly obtaining the sum of N10 million under false pretence. Usman is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) on two-count…
A constitutional lawyer, Dr Kayode Ajulo, has said the Supreme Court judgment which restored Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, as the senatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for Yobe North Senatorial District is valid and sound. News reports that…
A 31-year-old man, Ademola Akani, was on Tuesday brought before an Ota Magistrates’ Court in Ogun, for allegedly stealing ceiling fans and other valuable items valued at N85,000 belonging to his employer. The police charged Akani, whose address was not…
A 30-year-old security guard, Samuel Abiola, was on Monday docked at an Ota Magistrates’ Court in Ogun, for allegedly stealing 51 pieces of bamboo trees valued at N30,600. The Police charged Abiola, whose address was not provided, with stealing and…
Gunmen on Thursday, killed one Nnaemeka Ugboma, the chairman of Ejemekwuru Customary Court in the Oguta Local Government Area (LGA) of Imo State. According to reports, Ugboma was killed by gunmen who operated in motorcycles while presiding over a court…
A 47-year-old senior lecturer, Rasaq Kareem, was on Friday docked in an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court for alleged sexual assault. The police charged Kareem, who lives in Agege, Lagos with sexual assault. The Prosecution Counsel, ASP Raji Akeem, told the…
An Ogudu Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State on Friday sentenced one 31-year-old Scott Asuquo to three years in jail for burglary and stealing. Asuquo was arraigned on Jan. 20, on a four-count charge bordering on burglary and stealing. The Magistrate,…
Australian tennis star Nick Kyrgios on Friday pleaded guilty to assaulting a former girlfriend, but avoided a conviction for what the magistrate called a “single act of stupidity”. Appearing in a Canberra court, the Wimbledon finalist admitted assaulting then-girlfriend Chiara…
